The journey is over for the Coco Gauff-Brad Gilbert alliance.
The 2023 US Open champion Gauff and coach Gilbert have parted firm, ending their partnership of 14 months.
“Thanks Coco Gauff and your entire crew for a completely superb summer time run in 2023 and for 14 months of unbelievable crew effort,” Gilbert posted on social media. “Coco, at simply 20 years younger, your future is extremely brilliant, and I want you nothing however continued success forward.
“I’m excited for the subsequent chapter in my Teaching profession.”
Thanks 🙏 to @CocoGauff and your entire crew for a completely superb summer time run in 2023 and for 14 months of unbelievable crew effort. Coco, at simply 20 years younger, your future is extremely brilliant, and I want you nothing however continued success forward. I’m excited for the subsequent…
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) September 18, 2024
The cut up means each coaches who guided Gauff to the 2023 US Open championship—Gilbert and Pere Riba—are now not working with the Delray Seashore-born baseliner. Riba left shortly after Gauff gained the US Open and has been teaching Olympic gold-medal champion Zheng Qinwen.
On the 2023 US Open, Gauff rallied previous Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to seize her maiden main earlier than a raucous crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
It was Gauff’s twelfth straight win and got here after she grew to become the youngest lady to win the Cincinnati Open. At age 19, Gauff grew to become the youngest American to win the US Open since her tennis hero, a 17-year-old Serena Williams, defeated world No. 1 Martina Hingis within the 1999 remaining. She additionally joined Serena Williams and Tracy Austin because the third American teenage lady to seize the US Open within the Open Period.
